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White Nights

67 %|Nov 22, 1985|Drama, Thriller

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Featured Crew

David Watkin
Director of Photography
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
Taylor Hackford
Director
William S. Gilmore
Producer
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
James Goldman
Story
James Goldman
Screenplay
Nancy Dowd
Additional Writing

Cast

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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
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Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
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Jerzy Skolimowski
Colonel Chaiko
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Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
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Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
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Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
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John Glover
Wynn Scott
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Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
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William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
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Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
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Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)
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Ian Liston
Co-pilot
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Benny Young
Flight Engineer
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Hilary Drake
Stewardess #1
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Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2
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Maria Werlander
Child Ballerina
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Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
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Maryam d'Abo
French Girlfriend
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Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House
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Elisa Tornqvist
Journalist at Consulate
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Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
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Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot